Jumping in!

[jmac218]

Hey everyone! Finally joining this forum after being in the hobby for the past 12 or so years. I've always seen fun things going on here and have never gotten the chance to join in since I wasn't a member so I'm looking forward to that!

I actually made my first post this morning on a thread that was created by a member here named peanut. I've had a terrible outbreak of blue clove polyps over the past couple years and it was time to take care of them. Here's a picture of the tank currently. I hope within a few weeks or so it looks a lot different!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!!

 

[jmac218]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!!

Thank you!

 

[Patientman]

Welcome ... glad you're joining in on the forums!

 

[dstockwell]

Welcome to the Reef

 

[tharbin]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[vetteguy53081]

 

[Zach B]

Welcome :)

 

[Just John]

 

[jmac218]

Ahh perfect! That looks like enough room for me! Thank you!

 

[JC1977]

 

[sczlars]

Welcome to the forum. How did you deal with the blue cloves? I had to take care of that once, as they were taking over. Some fluke tablet was involved..

 

[jmac218]

Welcome to the forum. How did you deal with the blue cloves? I had to take care of that once, as they were taking over. Some fluke tablet was involved..

I used safeguard it was granules and I smashed them down to a powder and dosed the tank. I followed this article mostly but I read a thread on here that gave me a lot more information.

https://maxdraco.wordpress.com/2013...ue-cloves-polyps-xenia-aiptasia-hydriods-etc/

 

[jsker]

 

[Cthulukelele]

Welcome! There's a pretty famous gigathread on here about using a particular med to kill blue clove polyps. I think it was fenbendazole. Would be worth a read!

 

[RichReef]

Welcome!

 

[ReeferHD]

Welcome :)

 

[findingsimple]

Welcome and good luck!

 

[jmac218]

Welcome! There's a pretty famous gigathread on here about using a particular med to kill blue clove polyps. I think it was fenbendazole. Would be worth a read!

Oh I read it! All 33 pages lol. Probably a full two times now. I skimmed through it so much over the past few months plus a few other sources on the web just to build enough confidence to dose. I know everyone says it's fine but I was worried about certain coral until I read what everyone was saying here. I'm glad I found it!

 

[Cthulukelele]

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Oh I read it! All 33 pages lol. Probably a full two times now. I skimmed through it so much over the past few months plus a few other sources on the web just to build enough confidence to dose. I know everyone says it's fine but I was worried about certain coral until I read what everyone was saying here. I'm glad I found it!

I'm with you. I'm definitely a chemical treatment as a last resort guy. Good to have peer tested resources to make informed decisions about it once you get to last resort territory tho! Why I love the forum.